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Prgat,
I went to the Ascend home page and obtained information on the products mentioned. No prices are listed on the home page. However, it appears the switches, etc. are their top of the line so it is likely a large contract. Here is some information:
CBX 500 Multiservice ATM Switch
Product Descriptions
Fast Facts
Features
Product Specifications
Applications
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Core Switching
Products
At-a-Glance
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ATM
Broadband
Access
Frame Relay
IP
Network
Management
Literature
Scaling to New Heights
The tremendous growth and popularity of the Internet have resulted in a
need for carriers to dramatically scale their networks to accommodate
the ever-increasing number of users and services. As the market leader
in Internet ATM core equipment (Vertical Systems Group, Aug. 26, 1996),
Ascend is @ the heart of the Internet, delivering a robust, scalable ATM
infrastructure that supports the explosive growth in both Internet
traffic and Internet applications. Ascend's CBX 500 family of high
performance ATM switches delivers a carrier-class, scalable solution for
maximizing the performance and capacity of today's public wide area
networks (WANs).
Used by leading carriers like Bell Atlantic and Internet Service
Providers (ISPs), such as Agis and CRL Network Services, the CBX 500
family is unique in its ability to provide state of-the-art network-wide
topology management, gigabits of bandwidth, high port densities, and
superior traffic management.
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